Compare And Contrast Mlk And Anne Frank

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Although MLK and Anne Frank are from two different parts of the the world, they have changed it a lot. They both were against discrimination and thought everybody should be treated equal. Anne Frank believed that everybody was good at heart. MLK believed every man was created equal. They thought nobody should be discriminated. In MLK’s world blacks were not allowed into certain places, and in Anne Frank’s world Jews were not allowed in certain places. They overcame these adversities and changed how we see different people such as blacks and Jews today.

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